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Genus Panaspis Cope, 1868 
Panaspis breviceps (Peters, 1873) Peters’ Snake-Eyed Skink 
Euprepes (Mabuia) breviceps Peters 1873:604. Syntypes: ZMB 6303 (purehased from [H.H. ?] Higgins), 
8017 (eolleetor A. Reiehenow). Type loeality: “Gabon” (ZMB 6303) and “Cameruns” [Cameroon] (ZMB 
8017). 
Lygosoma {Panaspis) breviceps: Parker (1936:139). 
Panaspis breviceps: Mittleman (1952:17), Ferret (1973:595, 1975:8), Fuhn (1972:266), Greer (1974:29), 
Sehmitz et al. (2005:23), Chirio and LeBreton (2007:272), Trape et al. (2012:376), Medina et al. 
(2016:410). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Not Evaluated. 
Global distribution: The species is known from Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon 
into the central Democratic Republic of Congo to Angola. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 207): The 
species is represented by a single west central 
Angolan record. Kwanza Sul: “Congulu” 
[-10.86667, 14.28333] (Parker 1936:139; Fuhn 
1972:266). 
Taxonomic and distributional notes: 
Bauer et al. (2003) provided a detailed expla¬ 
nation for the recognition of two syntypes, 
rather than a single holotype. The specific epi¬ 
thet breviceps (Peters, 1873) has successively 
been associated with several genera. Fuhn 
(1972) and Ferret (1973) placed it in Panaspis, 
which had been revalidated by Mittleman 
(1952). Broadley (1989), however, treated it as 
Leptosiaphos {Lacertaspis) breviceps. Most 
recently Medina et al. (2016) included it in an 
expanded genus Panaspis in which they *- 
included species formerly assigned to 
Afroablepharus based on a molecular phylogenetic 
Map 207. Distribution of Panaspis breviceps in Angola, 
revision of the group. 
Panaspis cabindae (Bocage, 1866) Cabinda Snake-Eyed Skink 
Ablepharus cabindae Bocage 1866h:64. Syntypes: MBL (3 speeimens) numbers not known (eolleetor J.A. 
d’Anehieta), destroyed by fire 18 March 1978. Type locality: “Cabinda (Afrique occidental au nord du 
Zaire)” Cabinda Provinee, Angola. 
Ablepharus Cabindae: Boeage (1866a:45, 1867b:224, 1887a:179, 1897a:196). 
Ablepharus cabindae: Peters (1877a:614), Boeage (1895a:51), Boulenger (1887:352), Ferreira (1904:116), 
Parker (1936:136). 
Ablepharus aeneus: Boulenger (1887:352). 
Riopa {Panaspis) cabindae: Smith (1937:229). 
Panaspis cabindae: Greer (1974:29), Ferret (1975:8), Sehmitz et al. (2005:23), Ineieh and Sehmitz (2010), 
Ceriaeo et al. (2016b:65), Ceriaeo et al. (2016a:57), Medina et al. (2016:411). 
Global conservation status (lUCN): Data Deficient. 
Global distribution: The species is known from Angola and the Democratic Republic of 
Congo. 
Ocurrences in Angola (Map 208): The species is known chiefly from western Angola, 
